Precision medicine allows doctors and researchers to predict which treatments will work for each patient. It aims to reduce the “one-size-fits-all” approach and treat patients based on their own characteristics such as their genes and family history, with an aim…

In the last 10-15 years stem cells have been catapulted from a relatively obscure research topic to the international limelight. Hardly a week goes by without some news story about a “ground breaking discovery” or “exciting new therapy” involving stem…

In 2014 and 2015, three West African nations, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone experienced the largest and most complex outbreak of Ebola the World had ever seen. During the outbreak Dr Steve McSwiggan from the University of Dundee was working…

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative brain disorder which particularly affects the elderly. Since the disease was first described almost 200 years ago, there is still no cure or any treatment that can slow down the disease. Over the last decade,…

Monday 14th March at 7pm (talk rearranged due to November’s bad weather). Ultrasound is best known for helping doctors look inside the body, for example during pregnancy. However, with recent developments in electronics and nanotechnology it has become possible to…

We are constantly told by newspapers, magazines, from doctors and politicians what makes up a healthy lifestyle. There have been major advances in our understanding of the causes of diseases, and the aim of doctors and scientists is to improve…

Ultrasound is great for seeing inside the body – like the baby scans pregnant women have. New technology makes it possible to see fantastic details of tissues with microscopic resolution. Ultrasound has a wide range of applications, including helping to diagnose…

When lasers were invented in 1960 they were called “a solution looking for a problem”. Since then we have seen lasers find uses in nearly every part of our lives, in supermarket barcode scanners, CD players, corrective eye surgery and…

Getting the right molecules (usually pharmaceuticals) to the right place, and at the right time is the critical problem in drug delivery. There are many challenging barriers to be overcome along the route to the target, which is usually a…

Will Stem Cell research change medicine as we know it? But what are Stem Cells and how are they made? At 6pm on Wednesday 13th May, Dr Paul Andrews, from the Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee, hosted a discussion…